A/N: thanks to Mariuslover66 for her great review

Chapter 3

Hermione woke up with a jolt. She had been having a dream but couldn't remember it now that she was awake. She looked at her clock 6:30 am. There was no way to get back to sleep now that she was up. She got up showered and dressed. She went down to the kitchen to make tea but when she entered the kitchen she found that George had beaten her to it.

"Want some" George said motioning to the pot of tea in from of him. Hermione went to the cupboard and grabbed a cup then sat across the table from him. He picked up the pot and poured some tea into her cup.

"Why you up so early?" George asked.

"Bad dream" Hermione replied "You?"

"Couldn't sleep, too fussed about the wedding."

Hermione had managed to distance herself from all the preparations and commotion caused by planning the wedding.

"Is there anything I can do?" Hermione asked secretly hoping that the answer was no.

""Naw, everything is done, I'm just getting cold feet I guess. I mean it's gunna be a huge change. Luna will be my wife not just my girlfriend anymore. We'll be starting a family soon, and with the war and all don't know if I can handle it." George said.

"There is nothing to worry about" Hermione said putting a comforting hand on his arm " In seven days time you will be marrying the girl of your dreams, the war will be over soon, everything will be fine."

"Yea your right" George said through a yawn "I'm gunna go upstairs and try to get some sleep. Thanks for listening Hermione." He got up and put his cup in the sink and headed back upstairs. Hermione could hear him make his way up to his room, then silence. Hermione drained her cup and took care of it along with the tea pot. She didn't have to wait long before the kitchen door opened and in walked Snape.

He looked up and nearly jumped upon seeing Hermione.

"I didn't expect anyone to be up this early" He said still a little shaken.

"I couldn't sleep" Hermione said trying not to laugh at how easily Snape was frightened.

"Oh…Well…Yea…Is anyone else up?"

"Not anymore, George just went back to bed."

"Oh…um are you ready?"

"Yea" Hermione said with a big smile.

"If you don't mind, I was thinking we could go somewhere else today. I really want to show you something." Snape said. Hermione gave a nod.

Snape held out her hand for her, Hermione reached out her hand and took Snape's in hers. They walked out into the warm morning air; the sun was just about to rise.

"We have to apperate there and seeing as you don't know where it is. You should probably side-along." Snape said looking down at Hermione. She tightened her grip on his hand. Then the next thing she knew they were standing on top of a steep hill in the middle of nowhere. There were no towns at the base of the hill, and all she could see on the horizon was trees. She could see for miles. On the very top of the hill was a huge maple tree. She watched as the seeds, that muggle children often called helicopters, swirled their way to the ground. She observed how the sun peaked over the trees on the horizon, and how the wind seemed to whirl around her as if hugging her. This had to be the most peaceful place on the earth, it seemed that on this hill and this hill alone there was no sadness, no hatred, and no war. Everything was at pace.

Hermione was pulled from her thoughts at the sound of Snape's voice. "Do you like it?"

She turned and smiled at him. "I love it" she said. She put her arms around him and looked towards the sunrise with him. "Where are we?" She asked.

"I don't know exactly but if you look over there," He pointed over to the left of the sunrise "You can just see the towers of Hogwarts; I assume Hogsmead is on the other side." Snape said then wrapped his arms around Hermione and rested his chin on her head. "I haven't brought anyone here before." He looked down at Hermione who in turn looked up at him. She slowly closed the distance between her lips and his, and kissed him softly. "I'm flattered." She said. They watched the sunrise together then lay on the grass and watched the clouds and talked for what seemed like only minutes but soon it was getting dark.

"So are we dating now?" Hermione asked hoping the answer would be yes.

"I don't know" Snape said furrowing his eyebrow. "Yes we are" he said after a minute of silence.

Hermione rolled over on her side to face Snape and propped her head up on her hand.

"So what do we tell everyone?" She asked him.

"Well lying would be near pointlessness" he said "they are bound to figure it out if they haven't already."

"What are we going to do about Ron when he finds out?"

"Well that one is easy" he smiled "If he tries anything I'll just kill him." They both laughed.

"Unless Draco already beat you to it. Come to think of it, leaving those two alone probably wasn't the best idea" Hermione said.

"Don't worry; if they kill each other then we know they will be there when we get back." Snape said then smiled to Hermione.

"What is it going to be like after the war is over?" Hermione asked.

"What do you mean?" Snape said then he rolled onto his side and putting his head in his hand mirroring Hermione.

"Us. I will be going back to Hogwarts to finish off school. You will be going back to Hogwarts to be a teacher. McGonagall definitely won't stand for that."

"We will figure it out when the time comes." Snape said then pinned Hermione to the ground and began kissing her.

"I'm trying to be serious." Hermione said.

"Well…I'm not" he said then began kissing her again."I want to make the most of the time we have now. "He said then continued kissing her.

Hermione giving up trying to be serious, flipped Snape over on his back put one leg over him so she was straddling him and grabbed his wrists pinning them to the ground.

"Who's a big manly man now?" She said jokingly. Snape smiled up at her, she leaned down and began kissing him.

When it became completely dark they decided that it was time to head back to the Burrow. Hermione side-along apperated back, though she knew exactly where she was going. When they arrived at the Burrow all the lights were off, they assumed everyone was asleep. Snape walked Hermione inside and they said their good-nights in the kitchen, ending with one final kiss.

Hermione went upstairs and undressed and put on a t-shirt. She crawled into be to find Draco right where she had left him.

"Big day?" Draco said.

"Yea I had fun" she replied with a smile.

"Good" He said. "Oh and if you were wondering Weasley is still alive"

"Darn" she said jokingly then kissed his forehead "Night"

"Night" Draco replied then returned the kiss.

A/N: Please review. I love reviews.